■ Points for Understanding ANSWER KEY ■ There Because The death ‘Yes, I sup- ‘Yes, Frank 6 9 (b) Mr Favell. He Mr Favell. 5 (a) The sea. 6 3 (c) She was looking for He said that Maxim She thought it hurt Mrs 4 Rebecca’s. Rebecca’s. When they had returned When they 4 2 A green and white buoy. A green 2 2 Rebecca and the cottage. 5 (a) He was angry and unhappy. 5 6 – meant ‘I’ll come back’. She ‘I suppose that’s why you married you why ‘I suppose that’s Rebecca. 7 He thought she had eyes like a snake. like He thought she had eyes She thought she had reminded him of She thought she had reminded Because Rebecca’s things were all things were Because Rebecca’s Scent of the flowers in the Happy Scent of the flowers 8 She had a cloud of dark hair, her skin She had a cloud of dark hair, To have him locked up. up. him locked have To 3 3 Rebecca. She had had moonlight picnics (b) (c) 7 Je Reviens Je Reviens (c) (d) Mrs Danvers had adored Rebecca and still had adored 7 Mrs Danvers That she was dull and stupid. Rebecca had That she was dull and stupid. Rebecca She had her books on art the desk in the on 4 To lead them away from the past. from lead them away To 4 She expected someone more like Rebecca. like someone more She expected 8 8 It had fallen out of the pocket of the raincoat. of the raincoat. It had fallen out of the pocket Rebecca. Rebecca’s. Rebecca’s. Rebecca. The smell of the flowers in the Happy Valley. Valley. in the Happy The smell of the flowers At night. Because Rebecca had drowned in the bay. in the bay. had drowned Because Rebecca Because Maxim was waiting impatiently to go out. to go waiting impatiently Because Maxim was with smart a person clothes and make-up. Perhaps the clearing in the woods. from The right hand path scent. sweet A strong, Jasper. She wanted to find and His face was fat eyes. He had small, stupid-looking The terrace and the lawns. and the lawns. The terrace maid. She was the narrator’s it. accused Robert of taking or breaking Mrs Danvers a servant than the mis- like He thought she acted more The name – The accident in which Rebecca was drowned. and Mr de Winter she watches you ‘Sometimes I feel 9 8 12 10 11 husband. Frank Crawley was the Manderley agent. the Manderley was Crawley husband. Frank 5 of Rebecca. of Rebecca. does. 1 2 3 4 1 3 lips. red and he had thick round some string to tie Jasper. some string to tie Jasper. Rebecca and her death. 7 (a) (b) Valley. 1 the beach. from the past. in everyone. been charming and interested year. every Ball at Manderley had been a Fancy Dress (b) dress. was very white and she had a lovely No. Crawley. there. in my saw I ever pose she was the most beautiful woman life.’ 1 to call her Mrs de Winter when she was thinking Danvers about Rebecca. in her thoughts and her and Rebecca was always around dreams. and the cupid was knocked over fell They morning-room. in the desk. She hid the pieces in an envelope to the floor. 5 6 of Manderley. tress ever I was dull and quiet. No one would knew me. You about me.’ gossip 1 come back. never thought that the boat would 2 (a) (c) a year. over Rebecca had been dead for (d) 6 7 together.’ had come to see Mrs Danvers. had come to see Mrs Danvers. him very much. like didn’t The Daphne du Maurier du Daphne On a 9 UPPER LEVEL UPPER 4 by Because She cut ‘Forgive She felt 5 5 4 (b) She had Because his That everyone She and Maxim It has been 7 She wanted to 3 The sea. 6 Because of his Rebecca. Rebecca. Because Rebecca HEINEMANN GUIDED READERS (c) .macmillanenglish.com. It is photocopiable, but all copies must be complete pages. (b) 3 2 3 4 (b) Rebecca’s. Rebecca 6 To have their rooms in their rooms have To On the front page of the page On the front De Winter. De Winter. Maxim. 7 Because Maxim had asked 6 Maxim. 5 3 ‘I have been here before, many before, been here ‘I have Manderley. Manderley. The corridor of the west wing. of the west The corridor 4 3 (a) Her own. (c) Because she was now Mrs de Because she was now 2 (b) 9 ‘An empty house, even a very beau- ‘An empty house, even (b) 3 In the east wing. Max. 2 Mrs Danvers. Mrs Danvers. Maxim’s sister Beatrice. Maxim’s (b) At Manderley. At Manderley. That she had simple, clothes. inexpensive 6 2 That Manderley was an empty shell. Only the Only an empty shell. was That Manderley 5 She knew that Mrs Danvers still thought about that Mrs Danvers She knew Rebecca. No. No. 2 8 8 (b) Mrs Danvers. Mrs Danvers. The housekeeper at Manderley. at Manderley. The housekeeper Maxim. ask about catching a train. To Max de Winter. Max de Winter. and expensive make-up with a lot of A woman To show the narrator the rooms in the west wing. wing. in the west the rooms the narrator show To Major Giles Lacy was her sister. Beatrice was Maxim’s He got up early,He got hard worked after and looked Because Maxim has not come back and Beatrice and her When Maxim had married his first wife, Rebecca. When Maxim had married Rebecca. Because Mrs Van Hopper had flu. Because Mrs Van Again. was dead. and that his wife at Manderley That he lived about it. was unhappy The narrator Hopper. Mrs Van She was paid to be Mrs Van Hopper’s companion. Hopper’s Mrs Van She was paid to be with de Winter in his car. Every she drove morning 7 3 6 5 4 2 Introduction 1 4 Winter. Winter. 3 1 Manderley. past. Maxim was doing what he always did. But now she did. But now past. Maxim was doing what he always place. was in Rebecca’s it to her. Maxim had not shown 7 (a) 1 husband had arrived. The narrator was frightened to meet was frightened The narrator husband had arrived. them without Maxim. Rebecca and might not like a new Mrs de Winter. Mrs de Winter. a new Rebecca and might not like the east wing, not the west wing which looked down to down wing which looked the east wing, not the west the sea. spend the morning together. would lunch. before used the morning-room always 4 5 at Manderley should be in the hall when Maxim arrived at Manderley home. (c) 1 (a) out the page with Rebecca’s writing on it. out the page with Rebecca’s 1 me. I was very rude after lunch.’ 1 she left. see Maxim before was, ‘No, with him. His reply back to Manderley her to go to marry little fool.’ me,I’m asking you you world. that she did not belong to his kind of 3 4 (a) 2 (a) 1 clothes. grey stone walls remained standing. standing. stone walls remained grey 1 2 (a) 1 2 (a) little Mediterranean island. island. little Mediterranean destroyed. suddenly. had died wife house, Manderley. ago.’ years book of poems de Winter had lent her. drowned. tiful one, can be lonely.’ tiful one, can be lonely.’ This page has been downloaded from www This page has been downloaded from © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013. UPPER LEVEL ■ Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

13 3 If she learnt the truth about Rebecca’s death she would 1 He was Rebecca’s cousin. 2 He knew that Favell had become Maxim’s enemy. 4 That she had to go down into been at Manderley. He did not want him to come there. the cabin and she got trapped there when the door shut. 3 It was turning her into a woman. 5 She had grown much older. 6 Murder. 7 Frank Crawley. ANSWER KEY 14 1 He said that he never wore fancy dress. He said that he 20 was the host so he could do as he liked. 2 (a) Nothing. 1 ‘Who made those holes in the planks?’ 2 ‘Were you He wanted it to be a surprise. (b) That everyone would and the late Mrs de Winter happily married?’ 3 (a) Jack think of her as the real Mrs de Winter. 3 ‘I wanted to Favell and Mrs Danvers. (b) At the inquest. (c) They surprise him. I was going to keep my costume a secret.’ might have suggested that Maxim had hated Rebecca and 4 She was a girl in a picture that was about two hundred that he could have killed her. 4 That he had been arrest- years old. Mrs Danvers. 5 Because her own hair was ed for murder. straight. She wanted to look like the girl in the picture who had curly hair. 21 1 Suicide. 2 (a) Rebecca. (b) In his London flat. 15 (c) She had something to tell him. (d) Too late when he 1 (a) Maxim and Frank. (b) Her costume for the Ball. found the note. 3 Two or three thousand pounds. 2 Because the Ball was for her and Manderley had been 4 He told him to leave the house. 5 That he thought

Points for Understanding made into a place of light and beauty. 3 (a) Nobody Maxim had murdered her. laughed or clapped. They all stared at her without moving. ■ (b) He was very angry. 4 That her costume was exactly 22 what Rebecca had worn at the last Fancy Dress ball. 1 Ben. 2 ‘Crawley knows the truth, I’m sure. He’ll be 5 Because she was so unhappy. Maxim was angry and he there to hold the young bride’s arm when Max is sen- never once looked at her. tenced to death.’ 3 Probably because Favell was with Rebecca when she said she would have Ben locked up. 16 4 He said that he didn’t know Favell or see anything. It 1 She thought that she was too young for Maxim, knew was probably not true. 5 ‘No, it is not.’ 6 Illness. She too little about the world, that Maxim had never loved her was afraid of dying slowly in her bed. 7 A doctor called and that he still belonged to Rebecca. 2 Mrs Danvers and Baker. 8 (a) Baker’s. (b) She thought that the doctor Rebecca had triumphed. Maxim did not seem to want her would say that Rebecca was pregnant when she died. Then any more. 3 She could not speak to Rebecca, so had to no one would believe she had killed herself. speak to Mrs Danvers. 4 She hated her for trying to take Rebecca’s place. 5 It was the sea that was too strong for 23 her in the end. 6 That all men fell in love with Rebecca 1 Mrs Danvers. 2 That she was very ill and would be but she did not care. It was like a game to her. 7 To jump dead in six months. from the window. 8 A rocket. There was a ship in trou- ble in the bay. 24 1 (a) She had made him think that she was pregnant. 17 (b) To make him kill her, so she would not die slowly. 1 They were going to try to get the ship off the rocks. 2 Mrs Danvers had had a long-distance call and left 2 That the diver had found a body in Rebecca’s boat. Manderley. 3 The dream at the beginning of the story. 3 Rebecca’s. 4 Maxim had killed her. 4 It was on fire.

18 1 That it was too late to tell the narrator he loved her, because she did not love him any more. She replied, ‘I love you more than anything in the world.’ 2 He hated her. 3 Because he could not tell other people the terrible things she had told him. 4 Because Rebecca would not leave Frank alone and she had turned her attention to Giles as well. 5 Jack Favell with Rebecca. To frighten Favell. 6 She had made him think she was going to have a child, and that he would never know who the father was. 7 He made some holes in the wooden planks. Then he opened the sea-cocks. 8 The other body was the one Maxim had said was Rebecca’s. It was buried in the church.

19 1 He was the local magistrate. He had phoned to ask if Maxim had made a mistake about the other body. 2 Maxim knew that reports would be in all the papers. Everyone would be saying Maxim had killed Rebecca. This page has been downloaded from www.macmillanenglish.com. It is photocopiable, but all copies must be complete pages. © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013. HEINEMANN GUIDED READERS